God hates fags or does he?????

The question I am addressing is not whether or not being homosexual is
right or wrong. I am not going to give my views on whether homosexuality
is or is not a sin. What I am addressing is how we as Christians are
supposed to act. I am not going to condemn or condone any lifestyle but
simply to state what I feel is God's view on how we are to treat others.
Please forgive some of the language I may use in this artical but I feal
that it is important to show you how some people feel and act!

The bible says that God is love and that we must love others!
1 John 4:7-8says "Beloved, let us love one
another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love." If you read the words of Jesus in the bible you will find
that he tought love and kindness. Who are we to state that "God hates
fags." When I read my bible I find that God is love. He is all about
love. He sent Jesus to show us his love! Jesus himself always tought love
and showed love! I don't believe God hates anyone!

How is it that we as Christians can claim to know God and his love and
still have such a true hatred in our hearts? The following are images and
statements taken from Westboro Baptist Church's www.godhatesfags.com website. In all fairness I
felt I had to include a link to this site, not because I agree with
anything I have seen or read there but because I felt others should
take a look and see what true hatred is all about! So they can see
exactly how a Christian is not supposed to act!!!

The sign in this image states that 9-11 was a gift from God! There were
2,973 people killed in the attacks on 9-11. Do these people really
believe that this is God's way of punishing homosexuals? Are they saying
that these nearly 3,000 individuals were all homosexuals? Are they saying
that God use the very terrorist that are said to hate, persecute, and
kill Christians, to do his work and to kill nearly 3,000 homosexuals?
This sign and belief makes no sence!

Look at these precious children. Remember what Jesus said about little
children in Matthew 18:2-6"And Jesus
called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And
said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child
in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones
which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. "

What do you think God thinks about teaching these children to hate? It is
bad enough when an adult wears a shirt like this and acts this way but
what about a young child? Young impressional children being taught to
hate homosexuals! How can you justify teaching children to use hurtful
names like fags? I think that the parents of these kids and others like
them should take a good long look at what they are teaching them! What if
the parents of one of these kids were to wake up one morning and take
their child to school just to find men in white robes holding signs
saying "GOD HATES NIGGERS!" What do you think they would feel like? What
is the difference? Is this what God really wants? Is this what Jesus
really taught? I think not!

Luke 7:36 - Luke 7:47"And one of the
Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the
Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And, behold, a woman in the city,
which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the
Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, And stood at his
feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did
wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed
them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw
it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet,
would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him:
for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have
somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. There was a
certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence,
and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon
answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he
said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. And he turned to the woman, and
said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou
gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears,
and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but
this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My
head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet
with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are
forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same
loveth little."

In this passage we see where Jesus himself looked at the womans tears and
had compassion on her. God doesn't hate a persons tears! It is in our
time of tears that we are at the point where we can truly turn to God. We
can pray all we want and use all the fancy words we want to but it
doesn't cause God to see us. Do you not believe that when a homosexual is
protested against, hurt, and abused to the point were they break down and
cry, God sees this? Does the fact that a person is homosexual give us the
right to be mean, judgmental, or hurtful! What about when a homosexual
individual dies and the family is having their funeral? What do you think
God thinks about a group of people holding up signs saying that the
person being buried is burning in hell? Is God really pleased when a
group of people cause this kind of pain to already hurting friends and
family. I don't think so!

"God hates cripple solders." Does this even make any sense? Why would God
hate crippled solders? Are these people trying to say that all crippled
solders are homosexual and this is why God hates them? Do you think that
it may be that God only hates these solders because they are crippled? If
this is true does that not mean that God would hate all cripples not just
solders and if so why would these people post the pictures on a "God
hates fags" website? It must because they are homosexual! Don't you
think? I don't know! I bet it is because all crippled solders became
crippled by fighting to defend their gay lovers and that is why God hates
them! But all crippled solders don't have gay lovers, do they? You know,
trying to figure out what this sign is actually supposed to mean and what
it has to do with homosexuals it beyond me! Do you think that this could
be an excuse just to promote their hatred of homosexuals! Is it possible
that God is not really the one that "hates fags" but that these people do
and they feel better if they can blame it on God?

What about a sign saying "Don't pray for the U.S.A." I can not believe
that a group of people who claim to be Christians would actually say not
to pray for the U.S.A. or anyone else for that matter! If they really
belive that being a homosexual is a sin, don't you think that praying for
them would be what they should do? If it is a to be homosexual, what
makes it a sin more than any other? Why does being a homosexual make God
hate you but anyone else can be forgiven by God? Does any of what they
are saying make sense? Do you ever see a case where you should not pray?
What does the Bible say about prayer?1 Thessalonians
5:17Pray without ceasing.James
5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one
for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.

The sign in this picture says that fags are lawless and list a Bible
verse. I looked up this verse to find out what it said and here it is.
2 Peter 2:8(For that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from
day to day with their unlawful deeds;) I really don't see anywhere
in this verse or the verses following where it says that God hates fags.
Do you? On their "God hates fags" website they point out that nowhere in
the bible does it specifically use the words “Jesus loves everyone” and
to say that "Jesus loves everyone" implies that you can sin as much as
you want and Jesus will willy-nilly forgive you. First of all Does the
bible say anywhere in it that God hates fags? I have never seen it! I
don't even believe that the word fag is even in the Bible so using their
own logic is there any way that they can truely say "God hates fags"?
Also where do they get off by saying that just because Jesus loves
everyone that anyone can sin as much as they want to? As far as I know
the Bible doesn't say that either!

In a nutshell four police officers died because someone on parole didn't
want to get caught and these people have threatened to go and picket the
funeral of these brave men who died while trying to protect people like
me and you! (This article is no longer available, so the link
has been removed. We are sorry any inconvenience.

Although this group is probably the most outspoken about their hatred of
homosexuals, it is not the only one! There are many groups, churches, and
individuals who have this same type of hatred! Let me leave you with a
few questions! Have you ever hurt, humiliated, or abused a homosexual?
Was it right? Do you think it made God happy? How can we as Christians
ever help anyone if we do not know what love is really about? How can we
guide anyone to Christ if we our selves do not have the love of God in
our lives and others can't see it? How can a person have this much hatred
and still love God and others the way they are supposed to?

After reading this I leave you with one final thought...
Does God really hate homosexuals or are our hearts so full of
hatred that we can't see anything else? Remember, God loves us and we
must love others and that includes homosexuals!!!!!!!